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Re:When Are the Intelligent Aliens? by sampo on Sunday June 30, 2013 @02:18PM (#5966620)
The black space is at about 3 Kelvin temperature. A Dyson sphere would necessarily (the star inside would heat it) have a much higher temperature than mere 3 K above the absolute zero. Thus it would radiate heat according to whatever its temperature, and be quite distinct compared to the cold back space background.
Re:When Are the Intelligent Aliens? by abrichr on Sunday June 30, 2013 @05:09PM (#5967225)
This is assuming that the creators of the Dyson sphere haven't also figured out how to absorb the heat energy with extremely high efficiency.
Re:When Are the Intelligent Aliens? by sampo on Sunday June 30, 2013 @05:49PM (#5967379)
You are assuming they'd have figured out how to break the laws of thermodynamics as we know it.
Re:When Are the Intelligent Aliens? by BoyWizard on Sunday June 30, 2013 @11:21PM (#5968439)
> break the laws of thermodynamics as we know it

Not a giant leap to imagine for a species that's been able to construct a Dyson Sphere in the first place ;)